31.3%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Belimbla Park · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Belimbla Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than three in ten people in Belimbla Park live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%, suggesting a higher burden of chronic illness for residents here than in the state or national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis (12.3%) and asthma (9.7%) are the most common long-term ailments. While 31.3% of people report a health issue, most residents have no long-term conditions, and 8.5% live with a mental health condition, which is about the same as the national figure.
8.5%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Belimbla Park, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.7% of people need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and matches the New South Wales and Australian averages, having barely changed since 2011.
5.7% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Belimbla Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121005/belimbla-park/topic/health-disability